ARMED FORCES DAY GOURD DANCE..Gathering of Nations

May 16-17 – Location: Inn of the Mt. Gods Resort & Casino – Mescalero, New Mexico.
Notes: "Armed Forces Day Gourd Dance" Honoring All Veterans. Co-sponsored ByMescalero Inter-Tribal Veterans Association and Mescalero American Legion
Post 48. – Native American Arts & Crafts Market – Hours: 11:00 am to 10:00 pm Daily. Saturday, M ay 16, 2009 Sunday, May 17, 2009, Gourd Dance 1:00 PM, , Supper Break 5:00 PM (Entertainment), War Mothers Songs 6:00 PM, Gourd Dance 6:30 PM and Closing 10:00 PM. Head Staff: MC: Joe Fish Dupoint, Carnegie OK; Freddie Kaydahzinne, Mescalero NM; Head Gourd Dancer: DeWayne Tofpi, Albuquerque NM; Host Drum: Southern Hills – Lead Singer – Eddie Chalepah, Mescalero NM; Arena Director: Tommy Spottedbird, Mescalero NM. 20 Hotel Rooms available at a discount rate of $129.00 per night. Booths: Arts/Crafts $100 (2 days) Food $200 (2 days).
Contact: For Additional Information call 575/937-2179 , 575/973-1078 or 575/
937-3029. Drugs, Alcohol and Weapons Prohibited. Not responsible for theft, accidents or short funded travelers.
     

May 22-25 – 35TH ANNUAL DE-UN-DA-GA MEMORIAL DAY POWWOWLocation:  Custaloga Town Scout Reservation, Carlton –  Pennsylvania.
Notes: Hosted by Langundowi Lodge 46 at Custaloga Town Scout Reservation’sMay 16-17 –
permanent pine-covered dance arbor – 2009 Pow Wow in memory of Lester "Les"
Bean. Host Drum: Mac Kenzie River-OH Invited Drums: Morning Star – CT and Southern Heart – OH. Head Dancers: Daren Krug-Franklin, PA and Vicki
Hugebeck-Cambridge, OH. Whip men: Chris Reardon-Oil City, PA and Brandon Master-Franklin, PA (Grandchild of Les Bean. Junior Whip men: Dakota Bean-Stow, OH and Hunter Bean-Erie, PA (Grandchildren of Les Bean). Veteran Coordinator: Curt Baltzer- Akron, OH. Arena Directors Tom House-NY and Doug Sestock-PA Masters of Ceremony: Dan Paul-Pacific Grove, CA and Frank Andrews-Albuquerque, NM. Dance Sessions: Saturday and Sunday 1-4 and 7:30 – ?. Camping $8 per person, includes admission, hot showers, etc. Camping trailers welcome (no hook ups or dump station) Spectator daily admission $6 (13 and older), $4 (7-12), $3 (under 7) No scheduled activities on Friday or Monday. No early camping and no ground fires. Food booth by Langundowi for breakfast, lunch, dinner. Traders by invitation only. Custaloga Town Scout Reservation is first and foremost a property of the Boy Scouts of America and is therefore subject to the standards set forth by the policies of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America – No Pets, No Drugs, No Alcohol, No Fireworks can be permitted on the Pow Wow grounds. If you can not or will not abide by these policies, you are requested to to attend this event.
Contact: Bob Schwarz 412/882-0613 or Tom Mance at: 412/331-612.

 May 23 – MEMORIAL GOURD DANCE II IN D.C.
Location: U.S. Navy Memorial Plaza – Washington, District of Columbia.
Notes: Gourd Dancing to honor the American Indian Veteran’s. Dancing from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Black Creek Gourd Society Intertribal Veteran’s Association Drum IVA and Zuni Color Guard.
Contact: Larry Anderson at 928/729-2035.

May 22-24 – MEMORIAL DAY POWWOW
Location: Pow-wow Grounds – Kennel, South Dakota.
Notes: Contest PowWow.
Contact: 701/854-7201, Website: www.standingrocktourism.com, Email: ladonnabrave1@aol.com. 

May 22-25 – 35TH ANNUAL DE-UN-DA-GA MEMORIAL DAY POWWOW
Location:  Custaloga Town Scout Reservation, Carlton –  Pennsylvania.
Notes: Hosted by Langundowi Lodge 46 at Custaloga Town Scout Reservation’s
permanent pine-covered dance arbor – 2009 Pow Wow in memory of Lester "Les"
Bean. Host Drum: Mac Kenzie River-OH Invited Drums: Morning Star – CT and Southern Heart – OH. Head Dancers: Daren Krug-Franklin, PA and Vicki
Hugebeck-Cambridge, OH. Whip men: Chris Reardon-Oil City, PA and Brandon Master-Franklin, PA (Grandchild of Les Bean. Junior Whip men: Dakota Bean-Stow, OH and Hunter Bean-Erie, PA (Grandchildren of Les Bean). Veteran Coordinator: Curt Baltzer- Akron, OH. Arena Directors Tom House-NY and Doug Sestock-PA Masters of Ceremony: Dan Paul-Pacific Grove, CA and Frank Andrews-Albuquerque, NM. Dance Sessions: Saturday and Sunday 1-4 and 7:30 – ?. Camping $8 per person, includes admission, hot showers, etc. Camping trailers welcome (no hook ups or dump station) Spectator daily admission $6 (13 and older), $4 (7-12), $3 (under 7) No scheduled activities on Friday or Monday. No early camping and no ground fires. Food booth by Langundowi for breakfast, lunch, dinner. Traders by invitation only. Custaloga Town Scout Reservation is first and foremost a property of the Boy Scouts of America and is therefore subject to the standards set forth by the policies of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America – No Pets, No Drugs, No Alcohol, No Fireworks can be permitted on the Pow Wow grounds. If you can not or will not abide by these policies, you are requested to to attend this event.
Contact: Bob Schwarz 412/882-0613 or Tom Mance at: 412/331-612.

 May 25 –VETERANS MEMORIAL DAY POWWOW
Location: Mille Lacs Indian Museum – Mille Lacs, Minnesota.
Notes: Traditional PowWow.
Contact: 320/532-3632, Website: www.mnhs.org. 

May 23-25 – HONORING ALL VETERANS POWWOW
Location: France Park – Logansport, Indiana.
Notes: Traditional PowWow.
Contact: 574/722-2957, Website: www.eelrivertribeofindiana.org.